Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-October 2005
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CPI and Inflation Rates
October
2005
Overview
Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.3 per cent from 179.4 points in September 2005 to 179.8 points in October 2005. Month-on-month overall inflation rate declined from 4.3 per cent in September 2005 to 3.7 per cent in October 2005. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket also decreased from 6.6 per cent to 5.7 per cent.